Like a Dragon Gaiden Trophy Guide & How to Get Platinum

Kazuma Kiryu is no more. After faking his death in order to protect his family, the man formerly known as Kazuma Kiryu goes deep underground to watch over them from the shadows. But a mysterious figure starts a conflict with the hope of pulling him back into the light. “Joryu” must now unravel this mystery or everything he’s sacrificed was in vain.

In this Like a Dragon Gaiden The Man Who Erased His Name trophy guide, I’ll tell you what you need to know to get the Platinum trophy for the game Kazuma Kiryu definitely didn’t star in.

Like a Dragon Gaiden Trophy List

Getting the Platinum trophy in Like a Dragon Gaiden is relatively easy. It just involves a lot of fistfights, side activities, and the odd karaoke session with friends. In its entirety, you can expect to reach Platinum around the 25 to 30 hour mark if you’ve been diligent the entire time.

Contrary to the direction the Yazuka games are going lately, Gaiden goes back to its roots for a beat ’em up experience made famous by “deceased” Yakuza man Kazuma Kiryu. Interestingly enough, the main story campaign is shorter than past entries. Only clocking at around 10 hours or so. But I guess it has more to do with the fact that it is a prologue to Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth.

A decent fraction of your playtime will be taken up with side content mini-games such as darts, mini-golf, pocket circuit, two hostess clubs missions, crane machines, and SEGA arcade games. And let’s also not forget the mandatory karaoke singing. (Though it’s more on singing a duet with Akane.)

Pocket circuit missions haven’t been seen since Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami. This should bring a lot of delight to long-time veterans of the series, such as myself. Now, if we get customization on the level of the drones from the Judgment series, then we’ll be ok. I’m hoping that the systems go deeper than that.

You also have access to the Castle, a decommissioned cargo ship turned adult amusement park for the rich and powerful. Within the vast hull of the ship, you can partake in various card games such as poker and the fight tournament. The first set requires you to obtain a certain ranking in each fight. The Hell’s Champion trophy is what you should aspire for. That will knock out a bunch of trophies in the process.

The Favored Fighter Bronze trophy is rewarded for gaining 10,000 fans during your fights. If you perform really well in regular matches and against the Kings of the Arena, there’s no reason why you won’t impress more than 10,000 fight fans.

Dethroning all 4 Kings of the Arena will reward you with a trophy for each one. It will also allow you the chance to take on Amon and earn the World’s Strongest Silver trophy.

There are several trophies that require you to recruit and befriend NPCs for your Joryu Clan. This ragtag team is meant to aid you in Hell Team Rumble fights where Kiryu and friends take part in messy brawls. Whether it’s through scouts or friends owing you favors from substories, all members of your clan fall into roles such as Tank, DPS, or Support, which can be issued commands during the course of the fight.

The rest of your time will be taken up by the Akame Network. These seemingly short tasks can be found across Sotenbori starting from Chapter 2. Collectively, the tasks will make up a large chunk of your remaining game time. From my estimates, completing all the Akame Network requests can take upwards of 10 or so hours.

From the trophy list alone, there is a minimum of 50 Stroll n’ Patrol missions that are part of the Akame Network. Completing them all will unlock the Neighborhood Hero Bronze trophy as well as the other trophies under it.

Obtaining abilities in any Yakuza game is done through combat and taking part in mini-games. To unlock the Legendary Dragon Silver trophy, you’ll need to get 50 abilities through Upgrade Abilities. Don’t worry if that number seems a little high. As always, most are an incremental increase to your current set of abilities.

Gatget and other equipment items give you a fighting chance against large numbers of enemies. You get trophies for using all 4 of your gadgets during battle a set number of times. You also get the Always Prepared Bronze trophy for obtaining 10 unique equipment items. Do keep in mind that you need to add them to your inventory for it to actually count. It’s quite different from the Trendsetter trophy where you need to obtain 50 outfit items. At least your winnings are going towards something that’s not just your next meal.

To get the Extremely Heated Bronze trophy, you’ll need to use Extreme Heat more than 30 times over multiple fights. To activate this Ultimate ability, you’ll need to fill up the Heat gauge by being in combat. Once full, you’ll be able to unleash all Hell on your enemies. If you are in Yakuza fighting style, your attacks will hurt a lot more and you’ll be able to do finishers on more powerful enemies. If you’re in Agent, the attack potential of your gadgets will significantly increase.

And that’s everything I’ve got for this Like a Dragon Gaiden The Man Who Erased His Name trophy guide. At the end of it all, this entry only serves to explain why Kiryu got involved in Like a Dragon. Despite the fact that this might be one of the last times we’ll ever see the classic beat ’em up formula, I’m kind of glad that get to see more of Kiryu before his inevitable final appearance in Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth. Enjoy this game while you can. The ride is coming to an end soon.